17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:
- Organized in June 1861.
- Mustered into Confederate service in June 1861.
- Reorganized on April 26, 1862.
- Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.
- First Commander: Winfield S. Featherston (Colonel)
- Field Offlicers: Gwen R. Cherry (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
William L. Duff (Major)
John C. Fizer (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
William D. Holder (Colonel)
Robert L. Knox (Major)
John M. Lyles (Major)
John McGuirk (Lieutenant Colonel)
Andrew J. Pulliam (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
Edward W. Upshaw (Major)
ASSIGNMENTS:
- D. R. Jones' Brigade, Army of the Potomac (June - July 1861)
- D. R. Jones' Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (July 1861)
- Evans' Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (July - October 1861)
- Evans' - Griffith's Brigade, Forces at Leesburg [D. H. Hill's Division], Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (October 1861 - March 1862)
- H. Cobb's Brigade, McLaws' - Magruder's Division, Department of Northern Virginia (April - May 1862)
- Griffith's - Barksdale's Brigade, Magruder's Division, Army of Northern Virginia (June - July 1862)
- Barksdale's - Humphreys' Brigade, McLaws' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (July 1862 - September 1863)
- Humphreys' Brigade, McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee (September - November 1863)
- Humphreys' Brigade, McLaws' - Kershaw's Division, Department of East Tennessee (November 1863 - April 1864)
- Humphreys' Brigade, Kershaw's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (April - August 1864)
- Humphreys' Brigade, Kershaw's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (August - October 1864)
- Humphreys' Brigade, Kershaw's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (November 1864 - April 1865)
SERVICE:
- Blackbum's Ford (July 18, 1861)
- 1st Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
- Edwards' Ferry (October 4, 1861)
- Ball's Bluff (October 21, 1861)
- Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)
- Warwick Road (April 5, 1862)
- Lee's Mill (April 16, 1862)
- Yorktown [detachment] (April 26, 1862)
- Seven Pines (May 31 - June 1, 1862)
- Seven Days Battles (June 25 - July 1, 1862)
- Alien's Farm (June 29, 1862)
- Savage's Station (June 29, 1862)
- Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
- Harpers Ferry (September 12 - 15, 1862)
- Maryland Heights (September 13, 1862)
- South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
- Antietam (September 17, 1862)
- Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
- Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
- Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
- Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863)
- Chattanooga Siege (September - November 1863)
- Wauhatchie (October 28-29, 1863)
- Knoxville Siege (November - December 1863)
- Fort Sanders (November 29, 1863)
- Dandridge (January 17, 1864)
- Fair Garden (January 27, 1864)
- The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
- Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
- North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
- Totopotomy River (May 30, 1864)
- Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Weldon Railroad (June 22, 1864)
- Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, and New Market Road (July 27-29, 1864)
- Malvern Hill (July 28, 1864)
- Cedarville and Front Royal (August 16, 1864)
- Bunker Hill (September 2-3, 1864)
- Berryvilie (September 4, 1864)
- Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
- Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
ADDITIONAL READING
- "A Confederate Soldier and His Descendants." Cooper, Norman Lee and Sifakis, Stewart James,
- "Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade at Gettysburg." McNeily, J. S.
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